Darren Waller in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Georgia Tech, 2011–⁠14

Darren Waller

Number
No. 88
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Acworth, GA
Born
Sep 13, 1992, in Landover, Maryland

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Darren Waller played receiver at Georgia Tech (2011–⁠14). The Baltimore Ravens took Waller in round 6, No. 204 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
442
Receiving yards, 2014 (Georgia Tech, 11–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 204
Round 6, 2015 NFL Draft (Baltimore Ravens)

Career highs

114receiving yards, career highvs. Mississippi State, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Georgia Tech816220.3063
2013Georgia Tech1736721.6372
2014Georgia Tech2644217.0655
Career5197119.0972

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Georgia Tech88WR
2012Georgia Tech88WR
2013Georgia Tech88WR
2014Georgia Tech88WR6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Georgia Tech151.48––22.2–
2014Georgia Tech390.9996th (n=496)0.5238.55%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Georgia Tech 10 games, 26 catches, 442 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 13vs.Georgia SouthernW 42–⁠38230126
Oct 11vs.DukeL 25–⁠31596030
Oct 18atNorth CarolinaL 43–⁠48155155
Oct 25atPittsburghW 56–⁠28224013
Nov 1vs.VirginiaW 35–⁠10217111
Nov 8atNC StateW 56–⁠23116016
Nov 15vs.ClemsonW 28–⁠6210015
Nov 29atGeorgiaW 30–⁠241717
Dec 6vs.Florida StateL 35–⁠37573125
Dec 31 ✦vs.Mississippi StateW 49–⁠345114141
2013 Georgia Tech 9 games, 17 catches, 367 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 21vs.North CarolinaW 28–⁠20238121
Sep 26vs.Virginia TechL 10–⁠17328015
Oct 5atMiamiL 30–⁠45241027
Oct 12atBYUL 20–⁠38226015
Oct 19vs.SyracuseW 56–⁠0146146
Oct 26atVirginiaW 35–⁠25114014
Nov 14atClemsonL 31–⁠55327013
Nov 30vs.GeorgiaL 34–⁠41168068
Dec 30 ✦vs.Ole MissL 17–⁠25279172
2012 Georgia Tech 5 games, 8 catches, 162 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 29vs.Middle TennesseeL 28–⁠4921308
Oct 6atClemsonL 31–⁠47219012
Nov 10atNorth CarolinaW 68–⁠50163063
Nov 24atGeorgiaL 10–⁠421808
Dec 1vs.Florida StateL 15–⁠21259042

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 19–⁠3).

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′6⅛″
Weight238 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size9″
Wingspan80½″W
40-yard dash4.46 s
10-yard split1.57 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′5″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.25 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 94 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

Pro Bowl: 2020

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Baltimore Ravens42180
2016Baltimore Ravens1010852
2018Oakland Raiders46750
2019Oakland Raiders16901,1453
2020Las Vegas Raiders161071,1969
2021Las Vegas Raiders11556652
2022Las Vegas Raiders8283883
2023New York Giants12525521
2025Miami Dolphins9242836
2026 (so far)Carolina Panthers4131482
NFL career943874,55528

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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